ZANESVILLE - A man who pushed a woman out of a car and dragged her with it pleaded guilty to a variety of charges Wednesday in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court.

Warren L. Ghan, 49, of Zanesville, pleaded guilty in two separate cases to aggravated vehicular assault, a second-degree felony, OVI, a first-degree misdemeanor, and driving under suspension, an unclassified misdemeanor, and domestic violence (two or more prior offenses), a fifth-degree felony.

Assistant Muskingum County Prosecutor Ron Welch said both the state and the defense reserved the right to argue an appropriate sentence at the time of sentencing.

On Aug. 9, 2017, Ghan was driving on Newark Road with several passengers in the vehicle, Welch said. Ghan drove off the road, over the curb, through a yard and ultimately crashed into a parked ambulance.

Ghan's defense attorney, Kirk McVay, pointed out that the ambulance Ghan crashed into was not in service at the time, and there were no patients inside. McVay also said there were two 21 oz cans of beer found at the scene.

Welch said in a separate incident, Ghan was picking up the victim from the first incident from Genesis Hospital for an unrelated injury, and when he drove her to the pharmacy, a family member went inside to get her prescription and Ghan started hitting her.

Then Ghan drove away, pushed her out of the car while he was driving and dragged her down Bell Street in Zanesville, Welch said.